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Bad Actors and Healthcare
• Why do they attack Healthcare?
“We are valuable low lying fruit”
– Health Record, includes Identity and other valuable information
– Data doesn’t change
– Medical history is accurate for a lifetime
– Healthcare is easier to Hack
– Interoperability Requirements
– Great delays between the breach and determining there was one
– The Electronic Health Record is vital to patient care and operations
Data is used for Identity Theft, False Claims, Medical Research Trends,
Medical Equipment and Drug Purchases